Patents Assigned to University
  • MAGNESIUM-ZINC-STRONTIUM ALLOYS FOR MEDICAL IMPLANTS AND DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140093417
    Abstract: A medical implant and/or device, which includes a biodegradable and cytocompatible magnesium-zinc-strontium alloy is disclosed. The implant and/or device can include a biodegradable and cytocompatible magnesium-zinc-strontium (Mg—Zn—Sr) alloy having a weight percent composition of Zn and Sr as follows: 0.01?Zn?6 wt %, 0.01?Sr?3 wt %. A method for manufacturing an implant in the form of a biodegradable and cytocompatible magnesium-zinc-strontium alloy is disclosed, which includes melting the biodegradable and cytocompatible magnesium-zinc-strontium alloy in an inert environment and molding the biodegradable magnesium-zinc-strontium alloy in a semi-solid state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Huinan LIU, Aaron CIPRIANO
  • Novel Polyvinyl Sulfonic Acid, Production Method Thereof, and Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20140091263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyvinyl sulfonic acid comprising a vinyl sulfonic acid unit represented by a specific general formula (1), wherein the molar amount of sulfonic acid groups derived from vinyl sulfonic acid monomers with respect to the molar amount of total monomer units is 50.0 to 98.0 mol %, and the polyvinyl sulfonic acid has an absorbance of 0.1 or greater (aqueous solution: 0.2 mass %, cell length: 10 mm) in a wavelength range of 255 to 800 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, ASAHI KASEI FINECHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Akikaze, Hidenobu Higashi, Hidenori Okuzaki
  • NANOWIRE APPARATUSES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140090870
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods involving nanowires having junctions therebetween. As consistent with one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes first and second sets of nanowires, in which the second set overlaps the first set. The apparatus further includes a plurality of nanowire joining recrystallization junctions, each junction including material from a nanowire of the first set that is recrystallized into an overlapping nanowire of the second set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Erik C. Garnett, Mark L. Brongersma, Yi Cui, Michael D. McGehee, Mark Greyson Christoforo, Wenshan Cai
  • COMPOSITE METAL FOAM AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140091241
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to composite metal foams comprising hollow metallic spheres and a solid metal matrix. The composite metal foams show high strength, particularly in comparison to previous metal foams, while maintaining a favorable strength to density ratio. The composite metal foams can be prepared by various techniques, such as powder metallurgy and casting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: NC STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: NC STATE UNIVERSITY
  • METHOD FOR MAKING TOUCH PANEL
    Publication number: 20140090777
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for making touch panel. A carbon nanotube structure is formed on a substrate. The carbon nanotube structure includes a number of carbon nanotubes. The number of carbon nanotubes are arranged isotropically, arranged along a same direction, or arranged along different directions. Two electrodes are electrically connected with the carbon nanotube structure. Furthermore, a primary alignment direction of the number of carbon nanotubes and a surface of the carbon nanotube structure in contact with the substrate is greater than 0° and smaller than 15°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: CHANG-HONG LIU, KAI-LI JIANG, LIANG LIU, SHOU-SHAN FAN
  • Microfabricated QLIDA Biosensors with an Embedded Heating and Mixing Element
    Publication number: 20140093979
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting an analyte are described. The apparatus includes at least one microchannel adapted for an analyte to adhere to an interior surface thereof, a mixing element positioned within at least a portion of the at least one microchannel, a light source for energizing quantum dots conjugated with the analyte within the at least one microchannel, and a detection system for detecting and quantifying fluorescent energy emitted by the quantum dots in one or more predetermined wavelength ranges, wherein each wavelength range being correlated to one and only one type of analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Drexel University
    Inventors: Elisabeth Papazoglou, Hongseok Noh, Chengjie Yu, Peter M. Clark
  • HLA-BINDING PEPTIDE, AND DNA FRAGMENT AND RECOMBINANT VECTOR CODING FOR SAID HLA-BINDING PEPTIDE
    Publication number: 20140094586
    Abstract: An HLA-binding peptide binding to a HLA-A type molecule, the HLA-binding peptide includes at least one type of amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 80, and consists of not less than 8 and not more than 11 amino acid residues. All of these amino acid sequences herein mentioned are the predicted amino acid sequences binding to a human HLA-A type molecule with the prediction program using the certain active learnig method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: KOCHI UNIVERSITY, NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: NEC Corporation, Kochi University
  • Systems and Methods For Sensing Occupancy
    Publication number: 20140093130
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for sensing occupancy of a workspace includes creating a difference image that represents luminance differences of pixels in past and current images of the workspace resulting from motion in the workspace, determining motion occurring in regions of the workspace based on the difference image, and altering a workspace environment based at least in part on the determined motion. The method also includes determining which pixels in the difference image represent persistent motion that can be ignored and determining which pixels representing motion in the difference image are invalid because the pixels are isolated from other pixels representing motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Aravind Dasu, Dean Mathias, Chenguang Liu, Randy Christensen, Bruce Christensen
  • CAPTURING, PROCESSING, AND RECONSTRUCTING AUDIO AND VIDEO CONTENT OF MOBILE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140092259
    Abstract: Techniques for presenting content provided by a mobile device on a second communication device are presented. A content enhancer component (CEC) connects via a wired or wireless communication connection to the second communication device to communicate content to the second communication device, which has a larger display than or superior audio to the mobile device. The CEC captures content and interaction between the user and mobile device in a capture region of the CEC. The CEC reconstructs the content and the user-related interaction for presentation on the second communication device. The second communication device can have a 2-D or 3-D display. If a 3-D display, the CEC can convert captured video content into a 3-D format to provide 3-D perception when content is displayed on the second communication device. The captured audio signal can be processed to provide an enhanced stereo or 3-D sound effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventor: Wai Ming Tsang
  • Predictive Biomarkers for Response to Exercise
    Publication number: 20140094381
    Abstract: A set of biomarkers have been identified that allows one to predict subjects who will respond to an exercise regime in term of cardiorespiratory fitness as assessed by maximal oxygen uptake. These predictions may be used, for example, to predict risk of cardiovascular disease, to design a more effective program for cardiac rehabilitation, to predict capacity for athletic performance or physically demanding occupation, and to predict ability to maintain functional capacity with aging using exercise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: Medical Prognosis Institute A/S, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: JAMES TIMMONS, STEEN KNUDSEN, TUOMO RANKINEN, CARL JOHAN SUNDBERG, CLAUDE BOUCHARD
  • ELECTRODE AND A FEEDTHROUGH FOR MEDICAL DEVICE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20140094885
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrode and an feedthrough for an implantable medical device. In one embodiment, the implantable electrode and the implantable feedthrough both comprise electrically insulating diamond material and electrically conductive diamond material that form an interface. Further, the present disclosure provides method for fabricating the implantable electrode and the feedthrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: National ICT Australia Limited, The University of Melbourne
    Inventors: Hamish Meffin, Kate Fox, David Garrett, Kumaravelu Ganesan, Steven Prawer, Samantha Lichter, Igor Aharonovich
  • AROMATIC-CATIONIC PEPTIDES AND USES OF SAME
    Publication number: 20140093897
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides aromatic-cationic peptide compositions and methods of using the same. The methods comprise use of the peptides in electron transport and electrical conductance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: Stealth Peptides International, Inc., Cornell University
    Inventors: Hazel H. Szeto, Alexander V. Birk, D. Travis Wilson
  • CHITOSAN-BASED HEMOSTATIC TEXTILE
    Publication number: 20140093421
    Abstract: A microfibrillar high molecular weight chitosan-based textile can be used as a hemostat. The chitosan has been treated in a nitrogen field by applying energy to ionize nitrogen in and around the chitosan textile. A single or multiple such treatments may be employed. For example, the chitosan textile may be irradiated under nitrogen using ?-irradiation, treated under a nitrogen plasma, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Loma Linda University Medical Center
    Inventors: Wolff M. Kirsch, Yong Hua Zhu, Samuel Hudson
  • PROKARYOTIC RNAi-LIKE SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20140093941
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for inactivating a target polynucleotide. The methods use a psiRNA having a 5? region and a 3? region. The 5? region includes, but is not limited to, 5 to 10 nucleotides chosen from a repeat from a CRISPR locus immediately upstream of a spacer. The 3? region is substantially complementary to a portion of the target polynucleotide. The methods may be practiced in a prokaryotic microbe or in vitro. Also provided are polypeptides that have endonuclease activity in the presence of a psiRNA and a target polynucleotide, and methods for using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: REBECCA M. TERNS, MICHAEL P. TERNS, CARYN R. HALE
  • FC MUTANTS
    Publication number: 20140093959
    Abstract: The present invention provides reagents, methods and systems for predicting the inhibitory activity of an antibody or variant thereof comprising: determining a binding affinity of the antibody or variant thereof to a Fc activating receptor; determining a binding affinity of the antibody or variant thereof to a Fc inhibitory receptor, and calculating the ratio of said activating binding affinity to said inhibitory binding affinity (A/I ratio), wherein the magnitude of said ratio is less than one (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: The Rockefeller University
    Inventors: Jeffrey V. Ravetch, Rene G. Ott
  • COMPACTLY-INTEGRATED OPTICAL DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140094372
    Abstract: Compactly-integrated electronic structures and associated systems and methods are provided. Certain embodiments relate to the ability to integrate nanowire-based detectors with optical components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • MODULATING BACTERIAL MAM POLYPEPTIDES IN PATHOGENIC DISEASE
    Publication number: 20140093477
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods and compositions for preventing or inhibiting pathogenic bacterial infections in a subject caused by pathogenic bacteria expressing a multivalent adhesion molecule (MAM) polypeptide by administering to a subject a composition comprising a MAM polypeptide or a non-pathogenic bacterium expressing a MAM polypeptide, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Kim Orth, Hyeilin Ham, Anne-Marie Krachler
  • METHODS FOR TREATING LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20140093920
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for the pretreatment of lignocellulosic material. The present invention further provides for pretreated lignocellulosic material that can be used to produce products, such as fermentable sugars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: Queensland University of Technology, Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Zhanying Zhang, Ian Mark O'Hara, William Orlando Sinclair Doherty
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING OPIOID ADDICTION
    Publication number: 20140093525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to conjugates and vaccine compositions for treatment of opioid addiction, and methods of use of these conjugates and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Paul Richard Pentel, Philip S. Portoghese, Marco Pravetoni, Morgan C.P. Le Naour
  • IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NANOEMULSION AND METHODS OF ADMINISTERING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140093537
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for the stimulation of immune responses. In particular, the present invention provides immunogenic nanoemulsion compositions and methods of administering the same (e.g., via a heterologous prime/boost protocol (e.g., utilizing the same nanoemulsion in each the prime and boost administrations)) to induce immune responses (e.g., innate and/or adaptive immune responses (e.g., for generation of host immunity against an environmental pathogen)). Compositions and methods of the present invention find use in, among other things, clinical (e.g. therapeutic and preventative medicine (e.g., vaccination)) and research applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: NANOBIO CORPORATION, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: James R. Baker, JR., Douglas Smith, Ali I. Fattom, Jakub Simon